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BBC Sound Effects made available to download for use under RemArc Licence (2018)

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#91
post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Ah, you don't recognize the plot of an episode of Father Ted . It's titled "Chirpy Burpy Cheap Sheep".

Which title, in turn, is a pastiche of a bloody awful 1970's pop-song.

My goodness! I've never heard that song until today. I wonder what street of what town Lally Stott is walking down, in the video. It makes quite a contrast with Richard Ashcroft moodily stomping down Hoxton, 27 years later. M. Stott is walking in time to the beat. And smiling. (-:

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#92

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Possibly because: "The unelected Labour opposition proposed activist shills" is difficult to understand.

How so? It seems unambiguously straightforward to me on reflection.

For one thing, as other people are trying to explain, opposition parties are not "unelected".

It's also unclear, to me at least, what you mean by "proposed" and by "shills" and who these people are, specifically, who you claim control the BBC and print media, since despite specifically referring to "Labour" you said you don't mean it's Labour.

Re: BBC Sound Effects made available to download for use under RemArc Licence (2018)

#93
post #12

This is so cool. I was just searching for a cat meow sound for a personal project today and was so annoyed that most of the top sites returned on Google and DDG were super spammy, ad-riddled atrocities. This is amazing, they have so many cat meows! I can't figure out if its possible to download the entire archive anywhere though..

You can just scrape it if you wanted to; grab the src of all the elements and page through them all. Use the names/descriptions for proper naming.

Re: BBC Sound Effects made available to download for use under RemArc Licence (2018)

#94
post #93
post #12

This is so cool. I was just searching for a cat meow sound for a personal project today and was so annoyed that most of the top sites returned on Google and DDG were super spammy, ad-riddled atrocities. This is amazing, they have so many cat meows! I can't figure out if its possible to download the entire archive anywhere though..

You can just scrape it if you wanted to; grab the src of all the elements and page through them all. Use the names/descriptions for proper naming.

I just checked; the site uses this CSV to build the UI: http://bbcsfx.acropolis.org.uk/assets/BBCSoundEffects.csv

So no need to actually scrape; you can download the CSV and download all the individual files from that.

base url: http://bbcsfx.acropolis.org.uk/assets/

Re: BBC Sound Effects made available to download for use under RemArc Licence (2018)

#95
post #90

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> It's quite different to the WWW site that is seen within the U.K.. I browse both regularly and they’re basically the same content just with an advert. Not really sure what you’re talking about.

Many parts are completely inaccessible from abroad.

As I recall, for iPlayer you need to VPN to the UK from abroad and register with a UK postal code.

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#96
post #86

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My item was a direct quote from the BBC trust's description of the channel remit. Indeed it was the remit in full

Well I've gone one better than you by quoting the formal public service description that is part of the formal list of "UK Public Services" under the Agreement between the BBC and the U.K. Government. There are eight television services, not just BBC One as you had it, and they are different services on different channels.

So you deny the remit of BBC one is as stated and the BBC doesn't operate under that principle?

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#97

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How so? It seems unambiguously straightforward to me on reflection.

For one thing, as other people are trying to explain, opposition parties are not "unelected". It's also unclear, to me at least, what you mean by "proposed" and by "shills" and who these people are, specifically, who you claim control the BBC and print media, since despite specifically referring to "Labour" you said you don't mean it's Labour.

> opposition parties are not "unelected".

unelected to government.

> , who you claim control the BBC and print media, since despite specifically referring to "Labour" you said you don't mean it's Labour.

I didn't use a present tense. Corbyn et al had a proposal to take control of editorial departments of major newspapers and tv media to set the agenda.

Your difficulty in reading comprehension is hardly relevant to the point

Re: BBC Sound Effects made available to download for use under RemArc Licence (2018)

#99
post #86

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Well I've gone one better than you by quoting the formal public service description that is part of the formal list of "UK Public Services" under the Agreement between the BBC and the U.K. Government. There are eight television services, not just BBC One as you had it, and they are different services on different channels.

So you deny the remit of BBC one is as stated and the BBC doesn't operate under that principle?

Is there a difference between being "most popular, wide range, mixed-genre" and being "mainstream audience, broad range, mixed-genre" ?

Re: BBC Sound Effects made available to download for use under RemArc Licence (2018)

#100
post #14

I love the descriptions. > School Computer Class, general atmosphere in pre-fabricated room, with hum from computers, keys clicking, occasional background speech, T.V. whistle from monitors & people moving around. Like did it make a big difference if the classroom was pre-fabricated? Perhaps it does to a BBC sound recorder!

The inclusion of 'pre-fab', as a description is stunning. I never got to use the ones at my school (UK, 1970's) , as they were prefects only. On the two occasions I was allowed in, I detested them. And I also detested the particular acoustics - which I didn't realise at the time, but several years in pro-audio, many years later, thankfully taught me much.
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